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Edicaran: The geologic period including the first animal life, directly before the Cambrian era.sea pig: a soft-bodied transparent sea creature related to sea cucumbers.adamant: a mythical silvery metal famed for its strength and hardness.orichalcum: a mythical coppery metal associated with Atlantis.cosm: refers to the microcosm (human) and macrocosm (cosmos)astronomicon: a book that discusses the similarities between the human and the universe. Da Vinci's Vitruvian man, inscribed in a square and circle, is related to this tradition.Jovian: related to Jupiter, in this case simply indicating large size.tectonic: relating to the motion of continental plates.Leviathan: a powerful sea serpent in the Old Testament. Tiamat: the seven-head dragon representing the primordial chaos in Babylonian mythology.Cronus and Saturn: In Roman mythology, Saturn was the king of the Gods in the generation before Zeus, infamous for eating his children. Cronus was the corresponding Greek deity.Galactus: In Marvel comics, Galactus is a humanoid being who devours worlds.Azathoth: One of the Old Gods in H.P. Lovecraft's mythos who represents primordial chaos and is destined to destroy all order.